Colosseum becomes part of archaeological park
The Colosseum is set to become part of an archaeological park that will also include the Domus Aurea, Palatine Hill and Forum sites, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini announced on Tuesday. The park will have a new director appointed via an international selection process, as has already happened for 30 other top cultural sites that were made auto...
Il CTIM USA mantiene viva la storia dei caduti militari all'estero: il ricordo del soldato Olivotto
"Soldato Guglielmo Olivotto, classe 1911, distretto militare di Treviso, deceduto il 15 agosto 1944 a Ft Lawton, USA". Come evidenzia oggi il CTIM - Coordinamento Nord America, "questo è ciò che rimane negli archivi militari del Soldato Olivotto. Uno dei tanti eroi sconosciuti e senza medaglia, dimenticato dal tempo e dall'Italia". "Olivotto", ra...
Messaggio di auguri dell'Ambasciatore d’Italia S.E. Claudio Bisogniero
Cari connazionali, sono queste le prime festività che trascorro a Washington come Ambasciatore d'Italia negli Stati Uniti. Desidero far pervenire a tutti voi che risiedete in questa circoscrizione, al Presidente ed ai Consiglieri del COMITES, a tutti coloro che vantano origini italiane, ed a tutti coloro che amano l'Italia, un sincero augurio di u...
2013 Year of Italian Culture Opening Exhibition New York City
JOIN USOpening Poster ExhibitionITALIAN HERITAGE & CULTURE COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK, INC.CELEBRATES ANNUAL THEMETUESDAY, March 12, 2013 at 7pmCalandra Institute of CUNY, at25 West 43rd Street, 17th FlrNew York, NY The President/Chair and Board of Directors of the IHCC-NY, Inc. have announced the first in a series of events for 2013: Year of Itali...
Mediterranean Diet Shown to Ward Off Heart Attack and Stroke
About 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables, and even drink wine with meals, a large and rigorous new study has found. The findings, published on The New England Journal of Medicine...
The Spirit of the Italian Market lives, and its familiar name should too
The recent public debate over whether to rename South Philadelphia's Italian Market has largely missed the point. There seems to be some confusion over what the name of the historic Ninth Street corridor of shops, restaurants, and curbside vendors means to Philadelphians who coined the moniker. Perhaps adding to the confusion is the fact that the...
Stars of Puglia – A special night in Los Angeles
It was a great night the one at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, where the Puglia Center of America awarded Hollywood star Joe Mantegna with the Puglia's Italy Award of Excellence in America – Special Edition. Almost 200 guests attended the evening, together with a delegation of the Comunità Pugliese della California. Several...
Take Italian Studies summer courses at @UCBerkeley
di Mauro Battocchi This summer, take advantage of some great opportunities at UC Berkeley to dig deeper into Italian studies during the 2013 Year of Italian Culture! From Italian history to Italian cinema, there is something for everyone this summer. The courses are open to anyone and everyone with an interest in deepening their understand...
Billy Joel Sells Miami Mansion To Italian Billionaire Diego Della Valle
The 'Piano Man' is 'Movin Out!' Singer Billy Joel has sold his nearly 9,000 square foot Mediterranean Revival style mansion on Miami Beach's swanky La Gorce Island for just under $14,000,000. Property records show the buyer is the deep-pocketed Italian billionaire shoe and handbag mogul Diego Della Valle, who founded and still owns a controlling in...
From Chianti to Jefferson
It was, as now, a matter of taxes, wine and happiness. The Florentine Philip Mazzei embodied the definition of winemaker given by Hugh Johnson: "Farmer and artist, dreamer and worker, hedonistic and masochistic, alchemist and accounting." At the end of the '700 brought European vines in the New World, he became friend and fellow politician Thomas J...
I Madonnari Sidewalk Art Contest
Who are the "I Madonnari"? The Madonnari or Madonna painters go back to the 1500's, when traveling folk artists, using brightly-colored chalks, would copy paintings of the Madonna by Raphael, Michelangelo and other Masters onto the pavement of sidewalks or public squares in Italy. This creative and unique art form, also simply known as "street pai...
Patronati italiani nel mondo - Fronterre (ITAL UIL/USA): "Necessaria revisione accordo sicurezza sociale Italia/Stati Uniti. Essenziale patronati partecipino tavolo trattative INPS e Banca erogatrice"
Una comunità da lungo tempo stabile ed i cui rapporti con l'Inps sono evidentemente stabilizzati, anche se nuove situazioni verranno a determinarsi se le nuove disposizioni in materia di immigrazione volute dal Presidente Obama riusciranno a superare l'opposizione faranno emergere l'ampio fenomeno dei residenti non regolarizzati, cui non mancano di...